The Himalayan Gurkha

Joanna Lumley would love the Himalayan Gurkha, which is just over the road from us at the B&B in Tunbridge Wells. For one thing, the food is Himalayan and for another it is staffed by Gurkhas (not European au pairs looking for an extra income) and even has an 'officers' mess' on the first floor where you can dine when there's an overflow (i.e. on a Saturday night!). Actually the officers' mess is at least as nice or nicer than the restaurant on the ground floor, particularly since it has fairy lights and cute views over Church Road.

The food at the Gurkha is freshly made, very tasty but reasonably priced. I am mega fussy about 'freezer food' and 'microwaved food' and if any of this goes on at the Gurkha, then you would never know from the flavours of your dishes. I suspect it doesn't, and that they really do take each dish from square one. As one is supposed to!

If you go at lunchtime there is a £9 p.p. menu which is amazing. Too, too much for us to manage. There is a starter each; and we chose a beautifully fragrant, coriandery potato dish in a tomato, lightly spiced sauce, and the other one was deep fried onion bhajee, with an orange, mango-like dippable dip. Delicious! Actually enough for me. Was quite happy to go home well satiated at this point!

My heart sank a little when the mains came along because they looked so delicious and wimpy as it might sound, those starters were enough for me, and my appetite was at half mast.

Wow. We were permitted, on the £9 lunch deal, two mains and one side. As we don't eat meat and prawns are excluded from this deal, we chose:
Tareka dhal
Sag aloo
Curried veg

Which came accompanied by a sweet naan (delicious!!) and a perfectly serviceable plain rice (all light and fluffy).

This cost £9 each. What a deal!!

You can see the Himalayan Gurkha's website here, and stay with us overnight if you wish when you visit at The Lancers.